Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 55
First sentence: "It was a sultry afternoon in the month of August, that Peter Hampton, a poor but worthy fisherman, and his little son, Davie, a lad of some nine summers, wearily plodded their way across a sandy waste."
Includes 4 woodcuts
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections Children’s Collection: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Andrea Henderson, 2006
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections Bourke Collection: Gift of Sheila R. Bourke
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Sheila R. Bourke Collection: 1 of 48 books plus 5 duplicates. Black and white cuts used for more than one title. Pictorial buff wrappers. Duplicates from I. Mackenzie - $2.00. each; the remainder from Laurie Hill Ltd. - $10.00 the lot
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Children's Collection: 1 of 48 books in the series. Black & white cuts used for more than one title. Pictorial buff wrappers
Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 55. First sentence: "It was a sultry afternoon in the month of August, that Peter Hampton, a poor but worthy fisherman, and his little son, Davie, a lad of some nine summers, wearily plodded their way across a sandy waste." Includes 4 woodcuts. Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections Children’s Collection: Gift of the estate of Mrs. Andrea Henderson, 2006. CaQMM Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections Bourke Collection: Gift of Sheila R. Bourke. CaQMM Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Sheila R. Bourke Collection: 1 of 48 books plus 5 duplicates. Black and white cuts used for more than one title. Pictorial buff wrappers. Duplicates from I. Mackenzie - $2.00. each; the remainder from Laurie Hill Ltd. - $10.00 the lot. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Children's Collection: 1 of 48 books in the series. Black & white cuts used for more than one title. Pictorial buff wrappers.